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1 week ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Osagie Otabor |Alao Abiodun
The eight candidates of the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) abducted by pirates along the Bille waterways in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State have been rescued after spending 21 days in captivity. Also, suspected kidnappers who abducted three members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry at Kasemola, Ogbese axis in Akure North Local Government Area have demanded the payment of N15million ransom before they are released.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Jide Orintunsin |Gbenga Omokhunu |Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders yesterday resolved to reorganise the platform and fortify its structures ahead of 2027 general election. To prevent further escalation of the protracted crisis, the party set up a seven-man reconciliation committee headed by former Senate President Bukola Saraki to chart the path of peace. The committee is mandated to organise a hitch-free National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on May 27.
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3 weeks ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
Suspended Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara yesterday said he is not desperate to return to the Government House in Port Harcourt as his “spirit has left there”. He admonished those calling for his restatement to exercise caution, saying everything cannot be achieved by ‘oshobay,’ a local slang term for agitation. Fubara spoke at a service of songs organised by the Rivers Elders’ Forum in Port Harcourt in honour of the late elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
The Rivers State Police Command has launched a search for one 66-year-old Mary Bassey Simon, five-year-old Delight Ikechukwu and her sibling Divine. Declaring them missing, a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Grace Iringe-Koko, a Superintendent of Police (SP), disclosed that Simon resides at 22, Ibeto Road in Port Harcourt. The statement disclosed that she is fair complexioned, about 6ft tall, and speaks English and Ibibio languages fluently.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Nicholas Kalu |Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
The National Assembly has described the 11 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) controlled states as meddlesome interlopers in regard to the suit filed by them to challenge the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State. The National Assembly also claims that the PDP states lack the locus standi to institute the case at the Supreme Court.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Eric Ikhilae |Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
The office of the Attorney General of the Federation (OAGF) and the Federal Government may not yet have been served summons on the suit filed by 11 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) challenging President Bola Tinubu’s suspension of Rivers State Governor Siminilayi Fubara, according to indications yesterday. Also being challenged by the PDP governors is the President’s declaration of a state of emergency rule in Rivers.
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1 month ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
Rivers State Government has advised youths to enrol during the ongoing military recruitment. It assured the recruitment team from the Nigerian Army Headquarters, led by Brig.-Gen. Wito Nzidee, of its commitment to persuade youths to enrol in the 89 Regular Recruitment Intake for Trades/Non-Tradesmen and Women. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. lbibia Worika, spoke yesterday during a visit to his office in Port Harcourt by the team from the Army Headquarters.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Precious Igbonwelundu |Gbenga Omokhunu |Mike Odiegwu |Alao Abiodun
The police yesterday dispersed defiant protesters who stormed the streets of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Port Harcourt in Rivers State to register their displeasure against some action by the government. The protesters took to the streets in four cities as they earlier planned despite warnings by the police that their agitation was “ill-conceived and mischievous”.
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Rosemary Nwisi |Rasaq Ibrahim
Nwaeke says he’s safe; dismisses wife’s fears he’s been kidnapped Claims part of desperate attempts to discredit me, says gov Bamidele: NASS prevented descent to anarchy in Rivers Says parliament should be commended, not vilified The political crisis in Rivers State turned dramatic late Friday hours after the immediate past Head of Service (HoS), Dr. George Nwaeke, accused the suspended Governor Siminilayi Fubara of masterminding the demolition of the state House of Assembly complex, among...
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2 months ago | 
thenationonlineng.net | Mike Odiegwu |Rosemary Nwisi |Eric Ikhilae |Alao Abiodun
A cache of arms has been seized by the military. This followed the foiling of a plan to bomb another oil pipeline in Rivers State. Eight suspects have been arrested. A joint security force set up following the March 18 emergency rule declaration thwarted attempts by miscreants to attack the oil facility. Six people held by the arrested suspects were set free. The arms, ammunition and other items recovered from the suspects were displayed by the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju.
